West Indian cricket team in England in 2007
| West Indies in England in 2007 | |||
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| West Indies | England | ||
| Dates | 12 May – 7 July 2007 | ||
| Captains | Ramnaresh Sarwan | Michael Vaughan | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | England won the 4-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (446) | Kevin Pietersen (466) | |
| Most wickets | Corey Collymore (11) | Monty Panesar (23) | |
| Player of the series |
Monty Panesar (Eng) Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) |
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| One Day International series | |||
| Results | West Indies won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (202) | Owais Shah (138) | |
| Most wickets | Fidel Edwards (10) |
Stuart Broad (5) James Anderson (5) Liam Plunkett (5) |
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| Player of the series | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Marlon Samuels (93) | Paul Collingwood (106) | |
| Most wickets |
Dwayne Smith (3) Darren Sammy (3) |
James Anderson (3) Ryan Sidebottom (3) |
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The West Indian cricket team toured England from 12 May to 7 July 2007 as part of the 2007 English cricket season. The tour included four Tests, two Twenty20 international matches and three One Day Internationals. While England dominated the Test series 3–0, including a record victory over the West Indies, the latter took the ODI series 2:1.
In the ICC Test Championship, England are ranked second and West Indies are ranked eighth, though England's most recent series was a whitewash loss in the Ashes against Australia for the first time since 1921, their first Test series loss since their tour of Pakistan in 2005. West Indies, meanwhile, lost 2–0 to Pakistan in November 2006 as their last Test series, and have not won a Test since April 2005. The last time West Indies won an away Test to a nation currently ranked above them was on their tour of England in 2000 – they also beat Zimbabwe and Bangladesh twice during the intervening seven years.
The ICC ODI Championship sees England ranked just ahead of West Indies, as seventh and eighth respectively, though West Indies are more competitive in ODIs. They finished fifth and sixth in the Super Eight stage of the recent World Cup, with England finishing ahead of West Indies by virtue of their one-wicket win. West Indies, however, reached the final of the Champions Trophy in October 2006, and defeated India 4–1 in a home series in May. England also acquired one ODI series win in the past year, defeating Australia in the final of the 2007 Commonwealth Bank Series, their first series win abroad since 1998. They were, however, defeated 0–5 at home by Sri Lanka in June, as well as drawing 2–2 with Pakistan.
This was Peter Moores' first series as England Coach, and Andy Flower, former Zimbabwe wicket-keeper batsman, was his newly appointed assistant. Michael Vaughan had been set to return to Test cricket for his first match in 17 months after captaining England during the World Cup, but an injury to his finger ruled him out of the first Test, and Andrew Strauss was appointed as captain in his place.James Anderson was a late addition to the squad as cover for Andrew Flintoff, though neither eventually played the first Test. Flintoff was also ruled out of playing in the second Test, despite having been named in the squads for both of the first two Tests.
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